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Nigeria: Police raids gay wedding event, over 200 persons arrested, homosexuals can get 14-year jail sentence

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A police spokesperson in the southern Delta state on Tuesday told reporters that 67 people will be prosecuted for “allegedly conducting and attending a same-sex wedding ceremony.”
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Passionate 10-minute-kiss leaves boyfriend deaf: Expressing love on China’s Valentine’s Day ruptures eardrum of a Chinese man, read why it happens

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The incident took place on 22nd August 2023. The Qixi Festival is the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan arrested in Cipher case hours after getting bail in Toshakhana Case

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Hours after getting bail in the Toshakhana case, a special court recently established to hear cases under the Official Sec­rets Act directed the Attock Jail authorities to keep Imran Khan in “judicial lockup”.
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Pakistan court suspends Toshakhana Case verdict, Imran Khan to be released on bail

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman’s conviction and three-year jail sentence in the Toshakhana case
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Indonesia: School teacher partially shaves heads of 14 girls for ‘incorrectly’ wearing hijabs

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A school teacher in Indonesia partially shaved the heads of 14 girls for "inappropriately" wearing the Islamic headscarf, hijabs.
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Massive network failure strikes UK airspace, national air traffic controller restricts air traffic flow

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NATS has clarified on its website that the airspace of the UK is not closed. Instead, they have had to apply air traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety.
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Netherlands agrees to return looted Sri Lankan treasures, including the 275-year-old cannon, gold and silver swords

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During a ceremony at the cultural ministry in Colombo, Gunay Uslu, the deputy minister of culture, education, and science for the Netherlands, signed documents transferring ownership of the antiques to Sri Lanka.
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Niger cuts off electricity and water supply to the French embassy after asking the French ambassador to leave the country

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As per the orders by Niger's junta, anyone helping the French with goods and services will be considered "enemies of the sovereign people”.
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3 US Marines killed, 20 more injured after Marine Corps Osprey aircraft crashes during training drill in Australia

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The Osprey aircraft crashed during Exercise Predators Run, a training exercise involving troops from US, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, and East Timor.
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France bans Islamic attire Abaya in schools: French education minister Gabriel Attal implements stricter dress code from the upcoming school session

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"You enter a classroom, you must not be able to identify the religion of the students by looking at them", the French Education Minister said while advocating for a strict dress code in schools.
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